Toot Toot!!
In this Letter From the Director, John Gilbreath “toots” Earshot Jazz’s own horn for the amazing audience participation and the incredible festival performances for the non-profit’s 25th anniversary.
Jim Wilke: Ear to What’s Here
A peek into Jim Wilke’s life’s that highlights his five decades of Jazz radio broadcasting, and a nomination for the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland award. A night that stands out to him is in 1965 when he live broadcasted saxophonist John Coltrane. He continues to broadcast all of the new music he consumes from home through KPLU Sundays at 2pm.
Earshot Jazz Festival through November 17
The 2013 Earshot Jazz Festival November program and upcoming events are listed. See featured performances by Bill Frisell W/ Cuong Vu & Robin Holcomb, Marc Seales Group, Brian Haas & Scott Amendola / Chemical Clock, Manhattan Transfer, Paul Kikuchi’s Bat of No Bird Island, SRJO: Take Five: Remembering Dave Brubeck, Jon Pugh Quartet, Kora Band, Bill Frisell w/ Ted Poor & Luke Bergman, Garfield High School Jazz Band, Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Sextet, Kneebody, Dave Douglas w/ Cuong Vu Trio & UW Jazz Students, Bill Frisell’s Big Sur Quintet / Jim Woodring, Eyvind Kang featuring Bill Frisell, Piano Starts Here: The music of Bud Powell, Bill Anschell Quartet, Bill Anschell Quartet, NEXT Collective, Industrial Revelation / Overton Berry, Peter Brotzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, McTuff, and Charles Lloyd and Friends w/ Bill Frisell.
Earshot Jazz 2013 Festival Lineup
The upcoming Earshot Jazz 25 lineup includes, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette, Industrial Revelation, John Scofield’s Uberjam, Bill Ramsay Tribute, Trumpet Madness, Dayna Stephens w/ Colin Stranahan & Ben Street, La Familia Valera Miranda, Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra: Play It Again, Sam!, Vinicius Cantuária, John Hollenbeck Claudia Quintet, Cornish College, Edmonds-Woodway HS Jazz Band w/ Cuong Vu Trio, Yosvany Terry Quintet, Kareem Kandi Group, Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley, Cornish College, The Westerlies Play Horvitz / The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble at Royal Room, Dave Douglas Quintet / The Westerlies, Cornish College, Chris Speed, Dave King & Chris Tordini Trio / Bad Luck, Cornish College, DakhaBrakha, Mehliana: Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana, Dafnis Prieto Si o Si, Roosevelt High School Jazz Band, Peggy Lee, Skerik, Wayne Horvitz Trio / Steve Lehman Trio, Peggy Lee, Skerik, George Colligan Organ Trio, John Medeski, The Bad Plus, Philip Glass, SFJAZZ Collective, Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra w/ Ingrid Jensen at Kirkland Performance Center, Syrinx Effect / Naomi Siegel Quartet, Nicole Mitchell Ice Crystal Quartet, Steve Treseler Group featuring Ingrid Jensen, Patricia Barber, Beth Fleenor Workshop Ensemble / B’shnorkestra, Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri, Darcy James Argue & Cornish Contemporary Big Band, Cornish College, Bill Frisell w/ Cuong Vu & Robin Holcomb, Marc Seales Group, Brian Haas & Scott Amendola / Chemical Clock, Manhattan Transfer, Paul Kikuchi’s Bat of No Bird Island, SRJO: Take Five: Remembering Dave Brubeck, Jon Pugh Quartet, Manhattan Transfer, SRJO: Take Five: Remembering Dave Brubeck, Kora Band, Bill Frisell w/ Ted Poor & Luke Bergman, Garfield High School Jazz Band, Omar Sosa Afri-Lectric Sextet, Kneebody, Dave Douglas w/ Cuong Vu Trio & UW Jazz Students, Bill Frisell’s Big Sur Quintet / Jim Woodring, Eyvind Kang, featuring Bill Frisell, Piano Starts Here: The Music of Bud Powell, Bill Anschell Quartet, NEXT Collective, Industrial Revelation / Overton Berry, Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love, McTuff, and Charles Lloyd and Friends w/ Bill Frisell.
Earshot Jazz films include Lady Be Good: Instrumental Women in Jazz, Les Blank On Jazz, Charles Lloyd: Arrows Into Infinity, John Coltrane Ascension Double Bill, and Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn.
In One Ear
This In One Ear features Weddings, Jason Parker Quartet, Cafe Racer Memorial Benefit, Jam Session news, and upcoming jazz radio programs.
Notes
Notes in this issue include Jack Straw Artist Residencies, 4Culture’s 2014 Site Specific Program, and Seattle Office of Arts & Culture Neighborhood & Community Arts Funding.
Welcome to Earshot25! The New Jazz Age!
In this letter from the director, John Gilbreath looks forward to the over 320 amazing artists and 60 events for the 25th anniversary festival. Thanks goes out to all participating venues, collaborators, major funders, and radio stations.
Northwest Fall Jazz Festivals
Upcoming jazz Festivals this fall include Oregon Festival of American Music, Earshot Jazz Festival, Glacier Jazz Stampede, Oregon Coast Jazz Party, Medford Jazz Festival, Sun Valley Jazz Jamboree, at Jazz at the Oxford.
